Tuesday, May 19, 2015

BBC Malawian reporter dies in auto crash

Funeral of the long-serving BBC
Malawi correspondent Raphael Tenthani who died in an auto crash was held
Monday, family said, reports ITRealms.

The 43-year-old and 2010 United
Nations (UN) Media Award winner on Millennium Development Goals, Tenthani died
after the vehicle he was traveling in overturned near the city of Blantyre
late Saturday.

Tenthani was well known across
Malawi. He also worked for the Associated Press news agency and local
newspapers.

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika
said Tenthani would be remembered "as a man of immense talent...
eloquence, humour and warmth".

BBC Africa editor Solomon Mugera
said: Colleagues across BBC Africa are in deep shock after learning about the
passing away of our Malawi reporter Raphael Tenthani. He was a consummate
journalist who used his talent to powerfully tell the story of Malawi to the
BBC's global audience.

"In addition to being humble,
patient and generous, colleagues are also unanimous in their admiration of Raphael's
enviable writing skills," Mugera said.